extramyocellular

adjective

From outside of a muscle cell

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Meanings

adjectiveextramyocellular (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFrom outside of a muscle cell
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    The non-invasive and non-ionizing proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has a high accuracy in detecting and quantifying hepatic steatosis [10 ,11 ], and due to advances in muscle lipid imaging, MRS has facilitated the differentiation of lipid deposits of skeletal muscle in intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) and extramyocellular lipid (EMCL) [12 ].

    2015 August 8, “1 H-MRS Measured Ectopic Fat in Liver and Muscle in Danish Lean and Obese Children and Adolescents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From extra- + myocellular.

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